> I noticed this on various platforms with various media. I think it's a
> feature, not a bug.

ADSM will not stack multiple incremental backups of the DB on a tape, and
always grabs a new tape.

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Ahn, Hyun [SMTP:hyun.ahn AT LMCO DOT COM]
> Sent:   Wednesday, March 24, 1999 5:04 PM
> To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:        ADSM for SOLARIS26 and  BACKUP DB
>
> My ADSM server is ADSM V3.1.2.1 on Solaris 2.6.
>
> Whenever I backup database using "backup db" with the following
> parameters:
>
>     backup db devclass=<dev class name> vol=<vol name> search=yes
>
> existing DB volume(DLT7000 tape with 35G capacity) is not used even
> though
> there are free space on the tape, instead New volume is allocated to
> library
> and being
> used.  (Same for incremental and full backup)
> The number of incremental backup is set to 32.
>
> Any comments on this problem?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Hyun
>
>


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